Violence Drug Trafficking & Crime in Latin America
The aim of this course is to examine the historical factors behind Latin America's contemporary security crisis. With a particular focus on the region's process of modernization, state building and democratization, the course examines the linkages between political and criminal, as well as between past and present forms of violence.
Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the main institutional, cultural, and political reasons behind the prevalence of violence and crime in the Latin American region.
Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the main institutional, cultural, and political reasons behind the prevalence of violence and crime in the Latin American region.